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WALTER LEE SWAIN
Captain · U.S. Army
December 23, 1938 – April 26, 1967
Service recordWalter Lee Swain, of Miami, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 94
- WILLIAM THOMAS HEDGPATHPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- TILLMON POWELL HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ISAAC JONESLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- LEONARD OSCAR LAPORTLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GILBERT BROADBECKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 91
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.